Desk attachment.



No. 894,178. PATENTED JULY 28, 1908.

Oi E. ASHLEY. DESK ATTACHMENT APPLI A'TION nun SEPT. 1a; 1207.

guuanfoz r to a desk orother support and being so' ,j NiirED STATESPATENT OFFICE.

CHLOE a. ASHLEY, or ASHTABULA, onio.

DESK ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 28, 1908.

Application filed September 18, 1907. Serial No. 393,543.

mounted as to be readily moved into an out of the way position under the support or caused to project beyond the support when it is desired to remove a'pcn cil therefrom or insert "one in position.

Where a box of this character is employed the pencils are always held in such a position as to be readily accessible and a saving is producedin the number of pencils consumed and the annoyance occasioned by searching through the desk for a pencil eliminated.

The object of the invention is to design a pencilbox which is of simple and durable construction and can be readily applied to y-any convenient form of desk or other desired sup 'ort.

or a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of'the details of construction and the means for effecting the result, reference is tobe had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a desk having the pencil box applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the pencil box, showing a portion of the support to which it is applied Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical sectional view through the same.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all'the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

In general the pencil box embodying the present invention comprises guide ways secured to the lower face of a desk top or similar support, and a receptacle providedwith an extension having a sliding connection with the guide ways wher'ezb he receptacle can be either moved into" of the way position under the desk top or'caused to project beyond the edge of the same. In the present instance the guide members are in the nature of strips 1 which are secured in any suitable manner to the lower face of a support 2, the

said strips being provided with offset por- A tions 3 which are spaced from the support and provided with the longitudinal slots 4, the said slots having a parallel-relation. to each other. The tray 5 for receiving the pencils or other members may be formed in any suitable manner and is provided with a rearward extension 6 having a sliding connection with the strips 1.- In the present instance this extension 6 comprises a I air of arms 6" the longitudinal edges of which are bent upwardly to form the flanges 7 which enter the slbts 4, the extremities of the flan ges' jbein slide freely extended laterally at ,8 so as to between the'offset portions 30f the guide strips and'the lower face of the" suppprt v term nate adjacent oneof theedges of t support 2 so that by pushing the tray 5 inwardly the same can be movedinto an out of the way position under I the support whilewhen the tray is pulled outwardly it is caused to project beyond the edge. of the support so that access can be readily had thereto. This pencil box may either be formed in connection with the desk or applied thereto as above described, and in either instance forms a convenient rece tacle for pencils or like members and ho ds the same in such a position that access can be readily had thereto when desired.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed as new is: v

1. In a device of the character described, the combination of a su port, guide strips secured to the sup ort an provided with offset portions spaced parallel thereto, the said offset portions having slots formed therein, a tray, and upwardly projecting flan es carriedby the tray and slidable within the beforementioned slots, the up er edges of theflanges being extended lateral y so as to slide between the offset portions'of the guide stri s and the sup ort.

2. In a device of t e character escribed, the combination of support, guide strips secured to the lower face of the support and provided with offset portions s aced from thesu port, said offset portions having slots forme therein, a tray, an extension projectfrom the said support and The slots 4- inthe guide strips? ing rearwardly from the tray, and flanges In testimony whereof I affix my signature cgrried by the extension and slidebie witi'llin' in presence of two Witnesses. t ebefore mentioned slots, the ends of t 1e q flanges being extended laterallyso as to slide AUHLEY' 5 between the offset portions of the guide strips Witnesses and the support and prevent disengagement C. G. HOADLEY, of the flanges from the slots. t/iARY SEAMAN-e. 

